01 Jan 05 |
A life-long friend of Magdalena
Balachandra, the Canberra woman
killed in the Boxing Day tsunami on
Sri Lanka's east coast, remembers
her friend's happiness to have made
a new life in Canberra four years ago.
01 Jan 05 |
Colour returned to Canberra's New Year's
Eve celebrations last night as 12,000 people
crowded Civic to celebrate the end of 2004
and usher in 2005.
01 Jan 05 |
Residents of Canberra and surrounds
saw in the New Year in a reflective
mood, with the tragic events in Asia
occupying the minds of those who
were otherwise enjoying the fireworks
and music in Civic.
31 Dec 04 |
T
HE POOR do not lack initiative or motivation - they lack
credit. They are often caught in a debt trap to moneylenders
and middle people. If they can borrow small sums of money
from reputable sources they can create their own
businesses and work their way out of poverty.
31 Dec 04 |
Canberra's Anzac Parade, used
to ceremonies commemorating
the sacrifices of tens of
thousands of Australians killed
in their country's service, was a
symbolically important part of
the route of just one man's
funeral cortege yesterday.
31 Dec 04 |
Hundreds of Canberrans lined city
streets yesterday to farewell AFP Protective
Services officer Adam Dunning,
murdered last week in the Solomon
Islands.
31 Dec 04 |
T
HERE is no shortage of creative effort in the
visual arts. But, effort and sales of works do not
generate a realistic income for the artist -
unlike for writers or musicians. There is no
direct financial recognition of an artist when their works
are resold through a gallery, auction or private sale.
31 Dec 04 |
Canberrans will be asked to observe
a minute's silence during tonight's
New Year's Eve celebrations to
remember victims of Sunday's
tsunami disaster.
31 Dec 04 |
F
ROM some perspectives, the events of 2004
might have seemed to have suggested confidence
in the future. Australians re-elected their
Government, and Americans their President.
31 Dec 04 |
T
HE WAR on terror has brought
renewed focus on nation-
building and is becoming a part
of the West's efforts to deny
terrorists sanctuary in failed and
dysfunctional nation-states. But exactly
what value for money are we getting from
channelling foreign aid dollars through
foreign aid non-governmental organisations
for this nation-building?
31 Dec 04 |
T
HIS WEEK'S massive earthquake
and resulting tsunamis in South
Asia are a tragic reminder of just
how vulnerable we are - and how
fragile are our defences - when confronted
by nature's destructive powers.
31 Dec 04 |
It was a birthday Alison Battisson will
never forget.
30 Dec 04 | Prime Minister John Howard and Governor-General Michael Jeffery will be among the mourners at the funeral of murdered Solomon Islands peacekeeper Adam Dunning at Duntroon today.
30 Dec 04 | DID you give or receive an item of lingerie this Christmas?
30 Dec 04 | Earlier this year, Martin Brady was adding some explosive force to the Australian tour of Canadian rock band Nickelback.
30 Dec 04 | IF YOU ask Australians to name our Nobel prize winners, the chances are not many could name one.
30 Dec 04 | AS MORE and more becomes clear about the size of the disaster on the upper rim of the Indian Ocean, it becomes more certain that the aid which will prove most critical is that which gets there first.
30 Dec 04 | Doctors have described as upsetting and complete nonsense statements by ACT Health Minister Simon Corbell that oncology staff at Canberra Hospital were inefficient.
30 Dec 04 | A Canberra woman was confirmed last night as Australia's ninth victim from Sunday's tsunami which has now taken at least 70,000 lives across a dozen countries.
29 Dec 04 | Samantha Kinnane had some explaining to do when her pet King Charles cavalier, Kit, picked up the scent of cheetah last night.
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